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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Takashi Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Izuru Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Izuru Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication system includes a terminal having a first storage section for storing a number of pieces of content information, a second storage section for storing a number of pieces of the content information, a storage control section for placing a content ID stored in the second storage section into purchase information for each terminal and stored in the second storage section, an access control section for controlling access to the content information corresponding to the content ID stored in the second storage section, and an accounting setting section for setting an amount of a fee to be imposed on the terminal in response to the purchase information.